CORPS Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said the commission's mobile court had jailed five motorists for violating traffic rules during the Christmas celebration.
Oyeyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra.
He spoke after inspecting traffic flow between both ends of the Niger Bridge between Onitsha in Anambra and Asaba in Delta.
The corps marshal also said that over 2,000 others were arraigned before the court set up to prosecute traffic offenders nationwide.
``As at December, about 2,000 offenders were arraigned before mobile courts and I think about five were jailed and only about 15 were discharged.
``But all others were given fines ranging from N1,000 to N10,000.
``The states judiciaries must be commended, we have mobile courts in all the states now, and throughout the yuletide period we deployed them.
``And I witnessed most of the prosecution and conviction and that is the focus this year (2015).
``More mobile courts will be set up. We are not after fines; we are after changing the driving habits, deterrence.
``So if people now prefer going to courts; then no problems, we are going to do more of prosecution of road traffic offenders in 2015.``
GUARDIAN
Oyeyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra.
He spoke after inspecting traffic flow between both ends of the Niger Bridge between Onitsha in Anambra and Asaba in Delta.
The corps marshal also said that over 2,000 others were arraigned before the court set up to prosecute traffic offenders nationwide.
``As at December, about 2,000 offenders were arraigned before mobile courts and I think about five were jailed and only about 15 were discharged.
``But all others were given fines ranging from N1,000 to N10,000.
``The states judiciaries must be commended, we have mobile courts in all the states now, and throughout the yuletide period we deployed them.
``And I witnessed most of the prosecution and conviction and that is the focus this year (2015).
``More mobile courts will be set up. We are not after fines; we are after changing the driving habits, deterrence.
``So if people now prefer going to courts; then no problems, we are going to do more of prosecution of road traffic offenders in 2015.``
GUARDIAN
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